Cigar sample-box



(No Model.)

G. S. CARTER. CIGAR SAMPLE BOX.

No. 453,691. Patented June 9,1891.

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GEORGE S. CARTER, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

CIGAR SAMPLE-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,691, dated June 9,1891.

Application filed September 22, 1890. Serial No. 365,700- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. CARTER, of Minneapolis, in the county ofHennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain Improvements inPackingBoxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to packing-boxes in general, but more especially tosample-boxes adapted to contain a quantity of separate samples as, forinstance, cigars.

The object of my invention is to provide means whereby, after one ormore of the samples have been removed from the box, the others may beprevented from shaking about in the same and thereby becoming broken,soiled, or otherwise disfigured.

To this end my invention consists in a flexible strip or ribbon securedat one end of the box, and thence passing in a loop around all of thearticles as they are arranged in the box, the ribbon being carried backunder the samples to the end of the box, thence carried through a slotin the walls or bottom of the box, and secured on the outside thereof bya suitable clamp adapted to normally hold the ribbon against movement ineither direction, except when pulled out to tighten or loosen the looparound the samples.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a plan view showing asamplebox of cigars provided with a retaining device embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation thereof, taken upon line00 so of Fig. 1. Figs 3 and at are details showing a clamp suitable foruse with my invention. Fig. 5 shows a simple strip employed as a clampfor the ribbon. Fig. 6 is a view showing the bottom of the box providedwith the clamp used in Fig. 2, a side view of the same being thereshown.

In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings I have illustrated my invention asapplied to cigarboxes, as it is particularly applicable for such USO.

Ileretot'ore manufacturers and jobbers in cigars have experienced muchloss and inconvenience in the handling of samples, owing to the factthat as soon as one or more cigars were removed from a box all of theothers were left to shake about and rub against one another, therebybreaking or otherwise destroying the beauty or usefulness of thecigarsand making it necessary to provide a new set of samples.

As shown in the drawings, the ribbon 2 is secured to the end orloweredge 3 of the cigarbox. This ribbon passes in a loop around the cigars,as shown in Fig. 1. It the box was full, the ribbon would extend clearacross the same. The ribbon is carried down around the farther end ofthe sample cigars and back to the end 3, along the bottom 4 of the box,and thence down through the slot or opening 5 in the same. This slot ispractically just wide enough to permit the ribbon to pass through thesame and of a length equal to the width of the ribbon. From this pointthe ribbon is carried back under the box, as shown, and secured inposition by a clamp 6. This clamp presses upon the ribbon withsuflicient force to prevent the drawing back of the ribbon to loosentheloop around the cigars. It will be seen that when the first cigar istaken out of the farther end of the box the ribbon will be drawn taut toconfine the others in their original positions, and that as eachfollowing cigar or cigars are taken out the others may still be easilyretained and held compactly together by simply drawing out the ribbon 2through the slot and under the clamp 6. Thus the remaining cigars orlike articles may be practically held in their original positions untilthe very last has been removed from the box, thereby obviating alldamage to the samples and doing away with the necessity of frequentrenewal of a salesmans samples and the attendant inconvenience andexpense.

Inasmuch as cigarboxes may in accordance with the law be used but once,it is only necessary to provide a clamp which will allow the pulling outof the ribbon, but which will not allow its being drawn back to loosenthe loop. The clamp 6 (shown in Figs. 2 and 6) is for this reasonparticularly adapted for use with cigar-boxes, and consists, simply, ina stamped plate having the teeth 7 slightly bent in toward the box, andthe lugs 8, through which the tacks 9 are driven into the box to holdthe clamp thereon. This plate is slightly swelled out in the middle toallow sufiicient room for theribbon to pass beneath the same.

it is desirable to provide a clamp which will somewhat more readilyadmit of the drawing back of the ribbon. In such cases I may employ theclamp shown in Figs. 3 and 4, consisting in the lever -plate 10, havingthe notched angle-piece 11, and pivoted in the lugs 12. By throwing outthe lever 10 the teeth will be carried away from engagement with theribbon 2, which may then be drawn through the slot 5 in eitherdirection, and after which it may be secured by pushing back the lever10, or in some cases a cheaper clamp may be provided in the simple strip14, secured on the bottom of the box with the pins or screws 15, adaptedto hold the ribbon by simple pressure. By exerting considerable tensionon the ribbon the same may be pulled back or forth beneath the strap14:, which, under ordinary circumstances, will effectually retain theribbon, and thereby the samples, in position. It is sometimes preferableto make use of an elastic ribbon to more firmly hold the samples.

It is obvious that my invention may be employed with rectangular orcylindrical sampies, and, further, that one or more of the ribbons withtheir clamps may be employed to retain the articles packed in any box.

Having th us described my invention, I claim as new and desire to securebyLettersPatent 1. The combination, in a packing-box, of a ribbonprovided therein, said ribbon formed in a loop and adapted to embracethe articles contained in the box, one end'of said loop or ribbon beingfastened permanently in the box, the other end of the ribbon being leftfree, and means for tightening said ribbonloop about said articles andfor securing or clamping said free end at the point where the other endis secured, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a device of the class described, of the ribbonhaving one end secured in the box, said ribbon being provided in theform of a loop adapted to retain the articles in said box, the free endof said ribbon passing through an opening in the box, and a clampadapted to secure said free end on the outside of the box, substantiallyas de- 5 5 scribed.

The combination, in a packing-box, of the box adapted to contain thecigars or other articles with the flexible strip or ribbon 2, one end ofsaid ribbon being securedin the end of the said box, the other end ofsaid ribbon being passed in a loop around said cigars, the slot 5 in thebottom of the box, through which the free end of said ribbon passes, anda clamp adapted to normally hold said ribbon, 6 5 and thereby thearticles, in place in the box, substantially as described. 7

4. The combination, with the cigar-box adapted to contain the samplecigars, of the ribbon 2, one end of said ribbon being secured 70.

to the end of the box, the slot in the bottom of the box, and the clamp6, adapted to normally hold said ribbon in position and to prevent thesame from being drawn back through the slot 5 to loosen the loop of theribbon holding the cigars in position, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day ofSeptember, 1890.

enonen s. CARTER.

In presence of A. M. GAsKiLL, C. G. HAVVLEY.

